Seeing as how the shiny new Transitional Zone (AKA Purgatory, not to be confused with Limbo) exists, and yes I will refer to it by its full name, I read a card and a thought occurred to me, so I ask the question.

I block an attack with Chi Disruptor and play its response (R Commit 1 foundation: After you block an attack with this card, you may play it as a reversal, following all restrictions and paying all costs.)

Question 1) Does it move from the card pool to the Transitional Zone (AKA Purgatory, not to be confused with Limbo)?

Question 2) If so, if the check to play Chi Disruptor as a reversal after playing its R fails, it's simply moved from the Transitional Zone (AKA Purgatory, not to be confused with Limbo) to the discard pile, effectively clearing the block from your card pool?

yes and yes.

So the "blocking" chi disruptor does not count for progressive difficulty when you play the same card as a reversal.

I think Chi Disruptor just became a bit cooler to block with lol

Stamp for S. Mazzurco.